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GEORGE XORRIS AND VILLIAM E. HAGAN, OF TROY, ASSIGNORS OF ONE- THlRD TO JAMES K. I. PINE, OF LANSNGBURG, NEWT YORK;

MACHINE FOR MAKING MATCHES.

'SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 321,445, dated July 7, 1885.

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[o au whom it may concern:

Beit known that we, GEORGE E. Nonnis and WILLIAM/E. Hasan, both of the city of Troy,county of Rensselaer-,State of New York, have jointly invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Making Match Blanks or Splints, and of which the following is a specilicatio'n.

Our invention relates to machines for making matchblanks or match-splints, and more particularly 'to certain improvements on that class of machines that are const-ructed to slit up a veneer of wood for that purpose by means of rollers, between which the veneer is passed, the object and purpose of our invention being to out the blanks or splints from a veneer of wood, to point them, to give a smooth finish to their rounded surfaces, and to put them into boxes preparatory to dipping them after having been placed therein.

Our invention consists, as will be more fully detailed hereinafter in connection with its illustration, in the combination of two rollers that are geared together so as to have synchronous motion, and which rollers have in wardly-curved grooves and intermediately arranged cuttingedges that are constructed on the cylindrical faces of the rollers parallel to their axes, said cutting-edges being located so as to meet as the rollers revolve, and said cu ting-rollers each being constructed with ring-forni grooves arranged thereon circumferentially to their axes, so as to intersect at right angles the other grooves and their cutting-edges, a horizontal trough or passageway, having iingers on that end of it which is adjacent to the cutting-rollers, which fingers are adapted to enter said ring-form grooves, so as to underru n the veneer of partly-severed blanks, to strip them off the rollers, and to direct them into said trough or horizontal passage-way, whence they are forced or crowded by their continued delivery from the cuttingrollers, a downwardlycurved passage for the blanks connecting with said horizontal trough, a rubber roller actuated to rotate with its cylinder-face coincidently with said curved passage, but at a sufficient distance therefrom to allow the passage of the blanks, said rubber roller being adapted to roll said blanks along and over said curved passage or a polishingsurface arranged thereon, and a saw having oylin'dricall y-arran ged teeth. that incline inwardly, said saw having a hub-bearing adapted to Yrun on said rubber-rollershalt independently 5 5 .of the latter, and constructed to chamfer oli' and point one end oi' each ofthe blanks.

Our invention also consists, as will be more fully detailed hereinafter in connection with its illustration, in the combination of two box- 6o ing-tubes, said tubes each being provided with an oscillating hopper-guide adapted to alter` natingly direct the blanks coming from the pointing and polishing mechanism into each of said boxingtubes, a piston constructed and actuated to move in said tubes attached on opposite intervals of motion to force the blanks from out the tubes into a box placed on one end of each of said tubes and the filled box `from olf the latter, as will be designated in 7c the claims.

Our invention also consists, as will be more fully detailed hereinafter, in the subcombination ofthe parts where performing specific function, as will be designated in the claims.

Accompanying this specification, to form a part of it, there are eleven plates of drawings containing twenty-th reeli gu res illustratin g our invention, with the same designation of its parts by letter-reference used in all of them. 8c

through the upper cutting-roller, its shaft, the 9o bearings of the latter, and the gear-wheel vby which it connects with the lower cuttingroller, so as to have synchronous motion with the latter. Fig. a designates a longitudinal vertical section of the lower cutting-roller,

its shafts, the bearings for the latter, the gearwheel by which it connects with the upper cutting-roller to communicate motion to the latter, and a gear-wheel on said lower cuttingroller shaft, from which it receives power. Ice

Fig. 2 is a perspective 8 5 part of the belt actuating the saw.

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal vertical section ofthe rubber-roller, the saw having cylindrically-arranged and inwardly-beveled teeth, and thev on said shaft for receiving and communicat-v ing power thereto. Fig. 6 is a cross-vertical section taken through the two cutting-rollers on the line of one of their ring-form grooves; also through one of the fingers of the horizontal passage-way or trough, and also through the latter; also vertically through the rubber rolleron theline of one of its ring-form grooves; also through one 'of the stripping-fingers that enter said grooves in the rubber roller to free the blanks adhering thereto; and also vertically through the curved passage-way formed between the curved polishing-surface and lthe cylindrical face of the rubber roller; and also through the curved passage leading 'to the boxing mechanism, all the parts of this figure being taken with the parts in position as in use. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of `the detached rubber roller, its shaft in part,

and the saw having cylindrical teeth, and a This illustration shows also the relative position of the ring-form grooves that are circumferentially made in the cylindrical' face of the rubber roller; also the position of the circular saw, and a blank or splint that is being chamfered off or pointed by t-he combined action of said rubber roller and the saw. Fig. S is an enlarged perspective of the horizontal passage-way or trough, and its iingers for stripping from off the cutting-rollers the adhering blanks, and for conveyingV 'the latter to the curved passage-way between the polishing-surface and the rubber roller, the parts illustrated in this iigure being shown as detached from the other mechanism and taken with their top uppermost. Fig. 9 is a perspeciive of the same parts that are shown at Fig. 8, but herein shown as turned over, and with what'is their under surface when in position in the machine being in this figure shown as uppermost. Fig. 10 is a perspective of a part of the trough or horizontal passage-way cut from the parts on the lines x' w of Fig. 9, to' illustrate the position of a side leaf-spring in the horizontal trough or passage-way. Fig. 11 is a perspective of thecurved trough or passage-way constructed with fingers to strip the finished'blanks from off the rubber roller,

and which trough or passage-way leads to the boxing mechanism, all the parts of this figure being shown as detached from the other mechanism. Fig. 12 is a' section taken. on the line t? x2 of Fig. 11; Fig. 13 is'a section taken on the'line xiirg of Fig. 1l. Fig. 14 illustrates, as

detached from the other mechanism, and in a longitudinal vertical section, the boxing-meehanism shaft, its bearings, and the hangers in which the latter are formed, which shaft, when in positionin the machine, is arranged crosswise thereof. This'illustration shows in vertical Asection also, as arranged on said shaft to move wit-hit, two facing beveled gearwheels having oppositely-omitted or brokenout gears, and 'which wheels are shown as having an intermediately-arranged beveled pinion constructed with a vertical shaft, on the upper end of whichrthere is attached asegmental rackwheel, which receives reciprocating rotation from said two broken-out gear-wheels and beveled pinion and shaft. This rack-wheel meshes into a rack, to communicate reciprocating motion thereto. This Fig. 14 shows, also, a beveled gear wheel in section, as arranged on one end of this cross-shaft for receiving power, and ou its other end another gear-wheel that communicates motion to the oscillating hoppers of the boxing mechanism. Fig. 15 shows as detached from the other mechanism a top view of the shaft illustrated at Fig. 14. showing, also, the position on said shaft of the two facing gear-wheels having oppositely-omitted or broken-out gears, and illustrating the position of the rack-wheel arranged on the vertical shaft of the beveled pinion for receiving reciprocating rotation from said gearwheels having oppositelyomitted gears. This villustration shows the engagement ofthe rack-wheel with one of the racks, and the engagement of the racks with each other by means of an intermediatelyplaced pinion having a fixed pintle. Fig. 16 is a top View of the boxing-tubes and their oscillating hopper-guides, said parts being shown as detached from the other mechanism an'd enlarged in proportion. Fig. 17 is a cross-section of the boxing-tubes and hopper-guides, taken on the line a as* of Fig. 16. Fig. 18 is a cross-section taken on the line w x5 of Fig. 16. Fig. 19 is a side elevation of one of the boxing-pistons and apart of one of the boxing- IOO tubes, the piston being shown as forced into the boxing-tube with which it connects. Fig. 2O shows the same parts that are shown atFig. 19, but with the piston moved out from the boxing-tube. Both Figs. 19 and 20 show also other features of the boxing mechanism. Fig. 2l is a longitudinal vertical section through the driving-pulley, hub-bearing, a gear-wheel on the hub, and the shaft on which it turns, this illustration being taken on the line x x6 of Fig. 2.V Fig. 22 is ahorizontal vertical see-` tion taken through the shaftl that communicates power to the cross-shaft illustrated at Figs. 14 and l5, this gure being taken on the line x7 x7 of Fig. V2. Fig. 23 is a View of the detached cross shaft, its two facing gearwheels having broken-out gears, and its connection with the shaft from which it receives power, thelatter being shown in part.

The several parts of the mechanism thus.

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` The letters It a-nd R2 designate two cuttingrollers that are made on their cylindrical faces with grooves g and intermediately-arranged cutting-edges e', which grooves and cuttingedges are made in the cylindrical faces of the rollers in lines parallel to their axes. These cutting-rollers are also made with two ringform grooves, gg, which are arranged in the cylindrical face of the said rollers circumferentially to their axes, so as to be vertically parallel with each other in each roller. The upper of these rollers, and that indicated at R', has a shaft, S', made to journal in bearings that are vertically adjustable against a spring, a', arranged beneath thern in a passage, o', in the machine-frame. and by set-screws t2 arranged in the top of the latter.

The letter Si designates the shaft ofthe lower cutting-roller, R?, one end of which has its bearing, as indicated at b3, and the other end of said shaft has its bearing in the machineframe, and where at the end projected through the latter it has arranged thereon the gearwheel W" for receiving power.

The letter W2 indicates a gear-wheel arranged on the upper cutting-roller shaft, S', and the letter W a gearwheel on the lower cutting-roller shaft, Si. These gear-wheels on the cutting-roller shafts are of the same size, and are arranged to mesh into each other to communicate power from one to the other, to revolve at the saine speed, and so as to bring the cutting-edges of each roller in cutting coincident with those of the other as they are rotated.

The letter D designates the driving-pulley, which is shown as applied to the machine in the perspective,Fig. l,andin a diametrical section at Fig. 2l. This pulley D has a hubbearing, (indicated at 75,) and on the lateral extension of the hub there is constructed the pinion p. This hub and pulley D turn on the shaft S, and the pinion p meshes into the gear-wheel EV", arranged on the shaft S", t0

communicate motion to the latter, and said shaft S", at its end opposie to that at which it receives power, is constructed with the pinion pi, the latter meshing into the gear-wheel V on the shaft S, to turn the latter and to actuate a pinion, p, located on said shaft S". on the inner side of the gear-wheel W5, and which pinion p3 meshes into the gear-wheel W', on the lower cutting-roller shaft, S, to

`communicate motion to the cuttingrollers.

The gear-wheel XV on the shaft S* engages with the gear-wheel NV, that turns on a fixed pin or pint-le, p", attached to the side of the machine-frame. The gear-wheel NV meshes into a gear-wheel, Wl, that also turns on a fixed pin or pintle that is attached to the side of the machine-frame, said pintle being indicated at p5; and the said gear-wheel WT meshes into the gear-wheel NS on the rubber-roller shaft S8, to actuate the said rubber roller. (Indicated at I.)

The letter p indicates a pinion on the shaft S3, which makes a geared connection with a wheel, 1W", on the sleeve B, the latter being adapted to turn on the shaft S4, as indicated in section at Fig. 22.

The letter M designates a beveled gearwheel arranged ou, so as to turn with, the

sleeve B, and this wheel M engages with a beveled gear-wheel, M2, on the front end of the cross-shaft N, the latter having its bearings in hangers h2 if, as shown at Figs. 14- and 23. This cross-shaft has arranged upon ittwo facing beveled gear-wheels, E E, which have the oppositely-arranged perimetral gears a? a2 and intermediate oppositely-located perimetral blank places, a a.

The letter P designates a beveled pinion arranged between these wheels E E, having a vertical shaft, mi, and K a segmental rack- Wheel on the top of said shaft. As the shaft N is revolved,the wheels E E communicate reciprocating rotation to the pinion P, its vertical shaft, and the rack-wheel K.

The letter n indicates a gear-wheel arranged on that end of the cross-shaft N which is opposite to that at which the said shaft receives power, and this wheel n engages with a gearwheel, a?, located on the outer end of a short cross shaft, J, the latter having its bearings b5 b5 in the table T, which supports the boxing mechanism, as indicated at Figs. l and 17. This short cross-shaft J, by means of cams arranged thereon, operates the oscillating hopper-guides of the boxing mechanism, as will be subsequently described herein.

The letter d designates a horizontral trough or passage-way, which is inclosed so as to have an interior width a little greater than the width ofthe veneer of partly-cut blanks, and a depth a little greater than the thickness of the veener or the diameter of the blanks. This trough is constructed with two upper ngers, fifi, and two lower fingers, ff, projected from its end where adjacent to the cutting-rollers. The upper fingers are arranged to enter the ring-form grooves of the upper cutting-rolls, and the lower fingers to enter the ring form grooves of the lower roller. With these fingers thus constructed and placed with reference to the cutting-rollers, the sheet of passing and partly-cut blanks is underrun by them, and by the action of both sets of them it is stripped therefrom and directed into the trough d, and while passing through the latter, from the expelling and crowding force of the cutting-rollers, the partly-cut veneer is forced closely up to one side of the trough d by means of a leaf-spring, l, located in one side of said trough, along the face of which spring the side-of the veneer must pass.

The letter C designates a concave guideway or plate that is formed on a support, A', and having its upper end connected with the discharge end of the trough d', and adapted to have arranged upon it, when desired, a polishing material, as indicated at y.

The letter I designates the rubber roller, which is arranged upon its shaft so that its cylindrical face shall be in juxtaposition to IOO the table T3.

'and coincide in curve with the concavity of .ward where it passes the delivery end of the' trough d', and the surface of the roller corning incontact with the partly-severed veneer projected at the opening in the trough d separates thesplints or blanks over the abrupt edge o of the said trough and-carries them forward in succession, by frictional contact with the roller, over the concave con veying-plate in the space between the roller and the plate and shoves them into the passage-way of the trough L. Vhile being thus subjected to the action of the rollers the blanks are cleared of splint-l v ers or adhering fiber.

The letter 4V indicates a ring-form saw having cylindrieally-arranged and inwardly-bev` eled teeth, said saw having a hub-bearing, 14,?

arranged to run on the rubber-roller shaft.

The letter B designates a belt adapted to run on said hub and to a pulley separate froml ,the machine, to communicate power to said SELW.

The letter L indicates another trough, hav-V ing fingersff, arranged to run in the two circumferential grooves G, formed on the cylindrical face of the rubber roller. The purposes of these fingers is to free the nished blanks from the rubber roller and direct them into the trough L.

The letters a5 a5 indicate springs that are attached to offset c, on the sides of the trough L, which springs act tokeep the blanks with-4 in the trough as crowded toward the boxing mechanism.

TheboXing mechanism consists of two tubes, O2 and O4, which are arranged sido by side on The inner one ot' these tubes has a piston, U, .and a top-feed opening, (Z2, and

theouter tube has a piston, U2, and a top-feed opening, d, Thr-se feed-openings are arranged in the tubes side by side and immediately beneath the discharge -end of the trough L. These pistons are arranged to alternatingly ymove in said tubes in reeiprocation, so as to force therefrom, into a match-box placed on the end of each of the tubes, the match-blanks coming from the trough L, and by a continuation of the same motion to force the illed boxes from olf the tubes.

The letter It designatesarack, which is provided with teeth upon both of its sides, and

Vhaving a grooved guideway on its under side.

(Not shown in the drawings.) This rack R receives power and reciprocating rotation from the combined action of the beveled pinion P; the facing gear-wheels E E having brokenout or omitted gears, and the shaft N as before described.

The letter Rl indicates a rack that also hasl -a grooved guideway on its under side that is not shown; the letter c, a pinion having a pintle or shaft on which it turns, and this pinion meshes into the adjacent sides of both racks R RT. As thus arranged, whenthe segmental rack-wheel K actuates the rack RG in one direction the latter actuates the pinion c, to move the rack R7 in an opposite direction.

Eachl of the pistons U and U2 has Aa piston-rod, r3, with a headed outer end, e, and the let-ters G indicate guides attached to the tops of each of the racks for the passage of said piston-rods.

The letters d6 designate a spiral spring ar-` ranged on each of the piston-rods between its headed end e and the guide G.

The letters L designate latches, one of which is pivoted to the outerside of each of the racks, said latches each having a hook-form end, Z", and being provided with a keeper-spring, m, which acts to keep the inner ends of said latches down and the outer hook-form ends up. Y

The letters t t designate tripping-bars, each of which is attached to the table T3, adjacently to one of the latches of each rack, and these tripping-bars are each constructed with a friction-roller, we, that is adapted to engage with a projection, a, on the lower side of each one of the latches L3, to which the tripping-bar is adjacent. The function of these tripping-bars is by the engagement Aot' their -friction-wheels or rollers w with the projections c6 on the latches, to independently force upward the inner end ot' each one of t-he IOO latches, so as to unhook the out-er end from ot'f u the end of the piston-rod, when the piston moving with the latter has made its traverse through the tube to force the blanks therein 1 into a box and the latter from oft the tube.

Thus constructed,as the racks R6 and RT are alternatingly reeiprocatecbas before described,

a hinging-connection madewith a support, all,

arranged on the table T3. This hinging-connection is made by a hinging-rod, hl, passing through a cylinder-form tube, c7, to which latter the outer ends of each of the hopper-guides are attached, there being two side arms to each of the hopper-guides, and these arms are in eachv hopper-guide designated by the letters b7 bl.

4The letters al designate a spring-arm projected downwardly from the cylinder of each of the hopper-guides, and nl a spring connecting with the ends of each of the arms, said spring intermediately passing through an opening, gf, made in the base of the center wedge-form piece, A7. This center piece, A7, is fixed to the table T, and projected upwardly between the sides oi' the two boxing-tubes O2 O", and the inclined surfaces of this Wedgeform center piece (indicated at r?) run down to the top openings, d2 d, in the boxing-tubes on the inner side of the said openings.

The trough L is arranged to deliver the blanks immediately over the upper edge of this Wedge-form center piece. The tops ofthe guide-hoppers are rounded oft' at i", so that when either set of the hopper lguides are down within the cross openings 'm7 of the center piece, Alt-he rounded-off part i7 of the hopperguide that is down, and the adjacent inclined surface rl of the center piece, form a connected inclined passage-Way for the blanks through the top opening of the tube Whereat the hopper-guide is up, and thus, as these hopperguides are oscillat-ed, the blanks coming from the trough L are alternatingly diverted from one tube to the other thereby.

The letters eT indicate an offset formed on the outer side of the hinging-tubes of each of the hopper-guides, and j7 a cam-roller arranged on a pintle constructed on each of said offsets.

The letter designates earn rollers arranged on the short oross-shaft J, the latter receiving power, as before described, from the crossshat't N. These cams s? are constructed on the shaft J, so that they Will alternately raise up and depress each of the hopper-guides as said shaft rotates, and thus alternatingly guide the current of the telling blanks from one boxing-tube to the other.

To produce match-blanks from the mechanism thus described and illustrated, a veneer of wood having a thickness equal to about twice the depth ofthe grooves in each of the cutting-rollers R R2 is used. This veneer is cut across the grain to make strips from it equal in Width to the required length of the match, and each strip is fed into and between the eutting-rollers, with the grain of the Wood parallel to the` grooves formed in the rollers In passing between these cutting rollers the blanks are cut by the edges of the grooves, but they adhere where the ring-forni grooves are made in said cutting-rolls, and in a sheet form are stripped from oit the cutting-rollersby the fingers ofthe horizontal trough d', and by said iingers guided into the latter, being forced close up to its side by the springl. NVhen the veneer of partly-eut blanks reach es the curved passage-way u, formed between the rubber roller I and the curved guide-plate C, they are separated in passing abruptly over the square edge t)Al of the horizont-al trough or passage d by the action of said rubber roller, which carries them down along and over the polishingsurface y, when the latter is used, and discharges them into the trough L, as before described, from whence they pass to the boxing mechanism. Vhen the blanks fall into the latter, the pistons are reciprocated bythe racks and their connections with such speed as it is desired to have the hoppers oscillate, so as to deliver a regular number of blanks into the tube to fill a box at each reciprocation of the pistons. The speed at which the hoppers oscillate and that at which the boxing-pistons are moved is regulated to meet the delivery capacity of the cutting-rollers by the relative size of the gear-Wheels on the cross-shafts N and J.

The eutti n g-rollers R and R2, made with their grooves and intermediate cutting-edges parallel to their axes, when combined with the ring-form grooves circumferentially arranged on said rollers, and the passage-Way ortrough d', made with the finger j", adapted to strip said partly-cut veneer from the lower roller, may be used Without the other parts for partly cutting the veneer into blanks, and for removing it to be finished in other ways. The said rubber roller and the guide-plate G having a concave surface may be used Without the polishing-surface on the latter, as the rolling of the blanks over the said curved guide-plate will of itself clean the blanks from adhering ber; and so, also, the said rubber roller and the curved guide-plate with or withoiitapolishing agent, may be used Without the saw when the pointing of the blanks is not desired.

In a former application made by us, which Was tiled in the Patent Otlice Xovember 12, 1883, and is new pending, the cutting-rollers R and R2 are shown as arranged to operate in the same manner, ourimprovcrnent herein as relates thereto consisting in making ring-form grooves on the circumferential face of said rollers, and iu the combination therewith of means to enter the ring-forni grooves of said cutting-rollers to underrun and strip therefrom the sheet of partly-severed blanks. In the older application alluded to the rollers are arranged to completely out the blanks, While in this application, by means ot' the ring-forni grooves arranged on each of the cutting-rollers in vertical coincidence, portions of the veneer are not cut, so that it retains a sheet form after leaving the rollers. In said application we show, also, a boxing-tube having a stationary hopper, and a piston actuated to recipro` eat-e in said tube and to force the blanks that fall from the hopper in the boxing-tube into a match-box on the end of the tube, and the filled boxl from orf the latter, our improvements upon this older construction relating to the method of eonnectedl y operating two boxing-tubes and pistons for the saine purpose.

We make no claim in this application to severing-rollers having parallel straight grooves, with coincident severi iig-edges extended across the faces of the rollers, except the same enter into and are modified and restricted by the element of annular grooves arranged at right angles to the axes of the rollers to receive the stripping-fingers, the rollers Without the annular grooves arranged at right angles to the axes forming the subject-matter of another ap- IIO plication, filed November 12, 1883, numbered 111,516.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-- ent, is-

1. In a machine for making match blanks or splints, the combination of rollers R and R2, connected by gears to rotate as described, said rollers having grooves and intermediate cutting-edges arranged parallel to their axes, and the ring-form grooves g2 g2, arranged in the cylindrical faces thereof circumferentially to their axes, and the conveying-trough or passage-way d, made with the ngersf, as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a machine for making match blanks or splints, the combination of the rollers R and R2, connected by gears to rotate as described, said rollers having grooves and intermediate cutting-edges arranged parallel to their axes, and the ring-form grooves g2 g2, arranged in the cylindrical faces thereof circumferentially to their axes, and the conveyingtrough or passageway d', made with the fin gers f and f '2, as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination of the rollers R and R2, formed with parallel grooves having intermediate coincident severing-edges and provided with circumferential grooves q2 g2, the trough d', arranged to receive the blanks from the cutting-rollers. and having stripping-fingers projected within said circumferential grooves of the cutting-rollers, the concave guide-plate C', and the rubber roller I, arranged across the said concave guide-plate and in j uXtaposition thereto, all substantially as and for the purposes specified.

4. In combination with the severing-rollers made as described, the trough d', arranged to receive the cutblanks, the concave guide-plate G,arranged at the delivery end of said trough, and having apolishing-exterior, y, and the rubber roller I, arranged to roll the xnatclrblanks along and over` said concave guide-plate, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a machine for making match-blanks, the combination of the rubber roller I, made with the ring-form grooves G2, the curved surface C, havinga polishing-exterior, Q and the trough L, made with the fingers f4, said parts being constructed and arranged to be operated, substantially in the manner as and for the purposes set forth.

6. In combination with the severing-rollers, the trough d', arranged to receive the cut blanks, the concave guide-plate G', arranged at ihe delivery end of Vsaid trough, the rubber roller I, arranged to roll the match-blanks along over said concave guide-plate, and a circular saw, V, having beveled teeth and mounted on a hub-bearing, 1*, rotated independently on the rubberroller shaft with the free face of the saw contiguous to the end of the rubber roller, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

7. The combination of the trough d', the concave guide-plate C, the rubber roller I, having the circumferential grooves g2 g2, said concave guide-plate and rubber roller being arranged at the delivery end of said trough, and in relative position to receive the blanks and move them forward between their adjacent surfaces, and the trough L, provided with fingers f4, all substantially as described.

8. The combination of the concave guideplate C and the rubber roller I, arranged to receive a series of match-blanks between their adjacent surfaces,the circular sawV, made with l beveled teeth and constructed to turn on said rubber-roller shaft at the side thereof and independent of said rollers, with its teeth in contact with the projecting ends of the matchblank, substantially as described.

9. In a machine for boxing match-blanks, the combination of two boxingtubes, O2 O4, made with top openings and arranged side by side, the pistons U and U2, each having a headed end and provided with the spring d, the racks R6 and R7, each constructed with the guide GG and the pivoted latch L, the pinion c, the tripping-bar t, and the rack-wheel K, the latter being arranged to be reciprocatingly rotated, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

10. In a boxing mechanism for a match-machine, the combination of the boxing-tubes O2 O4, having top openings, and arranged side by side, the center piece, AT, having inclined sides, a piston constructed to be alternatingly reciprocated in each of said tubes, and the hopper-guides H H2, constructed to oseillate intermediately to the reciprocation of each of said pistons, substantially in the manner as and for the purposes set forth.

Signed at Troy, New York, this 29th day of January, 1885, and in the presence of the two witnesses whose names are hereto written.

GEORGE E. NORRIS. VILLIAM E. HAGAN.

Witnesses:

GHARLEs S. BRINTNALL, WILLIAM F. BIDwELL.

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